Monthly Archives: November 2015

My previous post showed how to setup a new DD appliance and integrate with Veeam using DD Boost see here Now to show the juicy results. In my setup I have three Veeam servers backing up to local disk as a tier 1 repository then a Backup Copy job to the […]

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Previously I posted how to configure a new EMC Data Domain 2500 appliance with DD Boost enabled here. I will now illustrate how to configure Veeam to use DD Boost. DD Boost provides more efficient backups by distributing parts of the deduplication process to the backup server. Veeam can be configured […]

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The following will illustrate the process to setup a new Data Domain 2500 appliance and how to enable DD Boost using Fibre Channel connectivity. DD Boost provides more efficient backups by distributing parts of the deduplication process to the backup server. Veeam can be configured to take advance of this […]

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App Volumes 2.10 has been announced offering some great features, due end of this quarter. The biggest feature for me is Replication Groups across vCentre – this was a stumbling block in designs that required two sites. Nice to see it added For all the features see here

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The following is a quick guide for the initial setup of a Data Domain 2500 appliance. These appliances are great for deduplication and great for a backup repository such as Veeam. Details of the appliance can be found here. If you have a EMC account download the install guide here To do […]

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Link to Part 1 Part 2 Having ran VSAN in my lab for a few weeks I have had a chance to try out some of the features. The following is my experience. Will I continue to use it? Im not sure…..mainly for the memory overhead and SSD usage. As my […]

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When using Veeam on a physical server one design is to use local disk as tier 1 storage. Veeam can be setup to use compression and dedupe per job which works well and Windows Server since 2012 have added a free feature for file deduplication at a volume level. If […]

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Recently at work the sales team had a great idea and started to host lunch and learn events every few month. These are open to anyone and the idea is to do a talk and/or demo’s on particular subject. They usually involve a SITS Group consultant and a vendor is usually […]